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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. 2 signed autograph poems.
See original version (French)
113
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Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. 2 signed autograph poems.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre DUMAS the Younger. 2 signed autograph poems.
- ‘To Tata’, 1 January 1853. 24 lines on 1 p. in-8.
‘Tata is not the plump girl / Who, strong of arm and fist / Takes up all the space in bed / And searches for you in every nook and cranny /…/ Nor is she the honest girl /…/ Who smashes a piece of furniture over your head / When you touch her bottom a little /…’
Two lines on a loose sheet warn: ‘Read if you like, but… don’t get angry’!
- 48 lines on 3 pages, in-8, undated.
“Yes, Noncenor is a rose / Thanks to the smiling sun / Blooming in the Lower Seine / at the port of St Valéry / On her slightly shabby eyes shines / A pair of gold-rimmed spectacles! / Come on! Come on! O young maiden / Lick Noncenor’s nose! /…/ They called him on the sly / By the names of Guzman, of Alamanzor /…/ The wicked claim that he limps / I ask you, why on earth / Does he lean a little too far to his right? / Who amongst us is sure of standing straight? /…/”
Dumas did not acknowledge this poem, which he signed ‘Odoar de Beaubichon’.
See original version (French)
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